Business

The ‘Established 2000 Tokyo’ at the bottom of Mangosteen’s sign is the first clue that there’s more to Bangalow’s favourite Japanese café than meets the eye. Georgia Fox set off to find out more.

Meet four of our new Herald writers, freshly gradua ted from Freelance Writing Stage 1 at the Australian Writers Centre. Watch out for their stories (some in this very edition) as they practise their new craft, mentored by journalist and Herald writer Digby Hildreth.

Does a photograph tell a story? Is it more interesting or beautiful than a snapshot? Where does the light fall? Professional photographers and educators Raimond de Weerdt (Lismore) and Nelly le Comte (Coorabell) took 11 locals through their paces at a recent Photography for the News workshop. Heritage House Museum and Piccabeen Park proved perfect venues to practise negative space,…

Building a thriving future for a rare and ancient breed of cattle is the passionate concern of a small group of Australian farmers – the most active of whom are to be found in the countryside around Bangalow, reports Digby Hildreth.

Last month, the Minister for Regional NSW, Tara Moriarty, notified The Bangalow Herald Incorporated that it had been awarded a $29,000 grant from the Regional Media Fund. The fund, which is in Round 2, awarded grants to 100 rural and regional media outlets. It aims to “support innovation and sustainability for regional and rural NSW newspapers”. Here, Christobel Munson asks…

Bun Coffee celebrates two decades of dedication to roasting excellence, local flavour and connection to the 2479 community, writes Sally Schofield.

“Money is like manure,” says long-term Bangalow resident John Bennett. “It’s made to spread around; if you pile it up, it stinks.” Which is why the 82-year-old has devoted the past third of his life to ensuring money is spread around where it’s needed, an undertaking that earned him the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) for services to the community…

Greg Nash travelled to Sydney to attend the AGM of Norths Collective after having earlier submitted a number of hard-hitting questions and comments regarding the lack of progress on promised club renovations and improvements, poor member communication over the last 12 months, and the current unsettled management and staffing issues.

Sally Schofield chatted with Joan Leeds, licensee of the local post office, to find out the secrets of her success and tips for wrapping packages in the lead-up to Christmas.

You’ve heard the rumours. It’s true. From Saturday 7 December, the Bangalow Farmers Markets will be operating out of Piccabeen Park, not in the carpark behind the pub. After months of waiting while the Development Application wended its way through Council corridors, permission was finally granted for the markets to start at Piccabeen Park on a “temporary trial” which ends…

2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cater family’s Rug Shop – the last 23 years of which have been spent enriching the main street of Bangalow. Georgia Fox spoke with proprietors Anne and Milton to learn more.

The story of how Abracadabra came to be, 50 years ago this year, paints a picture of a very different time in an almost unrecognisable place. “Terminal to trendy,” laughs proprietor Hamilton Du Lieu of the transformation he has witnessed the town go through over a half century of enormous change. The 70s saw Bangalow very down on its luck….